buckshee
buckshee noun: a gift or bribe. Also the alternative spelling of bukshi.
Noun
buckshee (plural buckshees)
- A gift or bribe.
- Being a literary gent certainly has its advantages, such as not needing to shave before starting work in the mornings and all the literary luncheons sitting at the top table, which has the flowers and the buckshee booze.2008, Richard Gordon, Doctor on Toast, →ISBN, page 11
- An extra portion, ration etc.
- A minor wound that necessitates the evacuation of a soldier from the combat zone for medical treatment.
- Clearly the preferred wound, it ranked in seriousness between a 'buckshee' or 'baksheesh', a slight wound that merely took a man out of the line for a short time, and a 'N.Z. smack', which meant being invalided back to New Zealand, usually disabled for life.2009, Gavin McLean, Penguin Book Of New Zealanders At War, →ISBN
- Ted Mostyn, for example; he's only eighteen, and he's back with two buckshees (wounds) already.2013, Percy F. Westerman, A Lively Bit of the Front, →ISBN
Adjective
buckshee (not comparable)
Also used as
buckshee is also the alternative spelling of bukshi.
Forms of buckshee
| plural | buckshees |
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Origin of buckshee
Related to baksheesh.
Questions about buckshee
- What does buckshee mean?
- Buckshee means a gift or bribe.
- What part of speech is buckshee?
- Buckshee can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of buckshee?
- The plural of buckshee is buckshees.
Words near buckshee in the dictionary
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